Actually, I think you're kind of missing the point (with The Abyss, at least - dunno about The Day The Earth Stood Still remake yet, obviously), which is that, once Ed Harris gets down to see the aliens, they show him their perspective on the human race, and if you take it from their point of view, they're kind of right to kill us off. Now, I have no great confidence in any attempt to recast Keanu in a sci-fi classic, but especially considering that the message of the original was, "Don't fuck up, or we'll destroy you," changing that to "You've already fucked up, and that's why we're going to destroy you" isn't that much of a stretch, because in both cases, the larger message is that our destruction would be our own damn fault.
Personally, I think you're missing the bigger reason to be offended by this film, which is that it's arguing that Authoritarianism Is Right from a liberal perspective. Yes, sci-fi has a long and proud history of arguing this, from H.G. Wells through the original Star Trek series, but I can't think of anyone after Gene Roddenberry who has a brain who thinks it's a good idea anymore.
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Date: 2008-12-05 01:05 pm (UTC)Personally, I think you're missing the bigger reason to be offended by this film, which is that it's arguing that Authoritarianism Is Right from a liberal perspective. Yes, sci-fi has a long and proud history of arguing this, from H.G. Wells through the original Star Trek series, but I can't think of anyone after Gene Roddenberry who has a brain who thinks it's a good idea anymore.